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About cameras, spirits, and occupations.

The triptych About Cameras, Spirits and Occupations is divided into three complementary short films. Our documentary aims not only to denounce oppressive situations or exotic glimpses, but also to reflect on how short films like these are interconnected, especially regarding complementarities that c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mëo, Shapu (Director), Enk, Markus (Editor), Tavares, Winih (Director)
Format: Video
Language:South American Indian (Other)
Portuguese
Language Notes:In Mayoruna, Canamari, Portuguese with English subtitles.
Published: Leiden, South Holland : Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Anthropology > Amazon River Region.
Mayoruna Indians.
Canamari Indians > Medical care.
Indians of South America > Brazil.
Indians of South America > Peru.
Public health > Brazil.
Amazon River Region > Economic conditions.
Javari River Valley (Brazil and Peru)
Brazil > Politics and government.
Mayoruna.
Kanamari > Soins médicaux.
Peuples autochtones > Brésil.
Peuples autochtones > Pérou.
Santé publique > Brésil.
Brésil > Politique et gouvernement.
Anthropology.
Economic history.
Indians of South America.
Politics and government.
Public health.
Amazon River Region.
Brazil.
Peru.
South America > Javari River Valley.
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The triptych About Cameras, Spirits and Occupations is divided into three complementary short films. Our documentary aims not only to denounce oppressive situations or exotic glimpses, but also to reflect on how short films like these are interconnected, especially regarding complementarities that cannot be heard or seen. The first short-film is an indigenous media recorded and edited by Shapu Matis after a cinema workshop with Markus Enk, in which the spirits Madiwin comes to visit the Matis village; the second short-film is a collaborative indigenous media produced with the Kanamari while their protest against the neglect of their healthcare assistance by the Brazilian government; the last short-film is a reflexive experimentation regarding the role of the camera and that of anthropology when anthropologists meet their indigenous collaborators. The triptych documentary concludes asking to its audience if, when preparing their works, anthropologists and filmmakers are trying to affect bodies and transform their state of mind, just as healers and shamans do.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 28, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (38 minutes)
Playing Time:00:38:00